Which is the least spoken language in the world?

Current data states that there are only 7 remaining speakers of the language. Written records are available, such as a dictionary and several books that show the grammar and syntax of the Dumi language. Dumi is the world's least spoken language and one of the rarest.
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What is the most uncommon language in the world?

Akorbi Lists Some of the Rarest Languages Still Spoken Today
  • Sarsi. Sarsi (also known as Sarcee), is a Native American language related to Navajo. ...
  • Dumi. Even rarer than Sarsi is Dumi, with only eight known speakers in the world. ...
  • Pawnee. ...
  • Chamicuro. ...
  • Kawishana. ...
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What country has the least spoken languages?

Vatican City. Vatican City State is located within the city of Rome in Italy.
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What is the 2nd least spoken language in the world?

The second world's least spoken language is Tashiro. It is a language that is used in Peru.
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What is the easiest language to learn?

And The Easiest Language To Learn Is…
  1. Norwegian. This may come as a surprise, but we have ranked Norwegian as the easiest language to learn for English speakers. ...
  2. Swedish. ...
  3. Spanish. ...
  4. Dutch. ...
  5. Portuguese. ...
  6. Indonesian. ...
  7. Italian. ...
  8. French.
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Comparison: Least Spoken Languages



What are the top 10 least spoken languages?

What are the world's least spoken languages
  • Taushiro (Peru) Taushiro, also known as Pinche or Pinchi, is a very nearly extinct language from the Peruvian Amazon near Ecuador. ...
  • Tanema (Solomon Islands) ...
  • Lemerig (Vanuatu) ...
  • Njerep (Nigeria) ...
  • Ongota (Ethiopia) ...
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What's a rare language?

Current data states that there are only 7 remaining speakers of the language. Written records are available, such as a dictionary and several books that show the grammar and syntax of the Dumi language. Dumi is the world's least spoken language and one of the rarest.
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Which country has 37 language?

Bolivia. Although Zimbabwe is considered the country with the most official languages at a national level, Bolivia has a far higher number. Their Constitution recognizes 37 different languages on a regional level!
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What's the hardest language to learn?

1. Mandarin Chinese. Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons.
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What is the prettiest language?

And the most beautiful languages in the world are…
  • FRENCH – MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOKEN LANGUAGE. If there is a language which draws a unanimous worldwide consent regarding its beauty, it is French. ...
  • GERMAN – MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNG LANGUAGE. ...
  • ARABIC – MOST BEAUTIFUL WRITTEN LANGUAGE. ...
  • ITALIAN – MOST BEAUTIFUL BODY LANGUAGE.
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What is the rarest written language?

Spoken in regions around the Tigre River and Aucayacu River, Taushiro is the rarest written language in the world. It is also interesting due to the fact that it is a language isolate, meaning that it doesn't have any relationships with other languages in the world.
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Which language uses less words?

I found a wikipedia page of dictionaries with the most words and the least was Belarusian with 150,000.
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What was the first language?

Thus, given this evidence, Sumerian can also be considered the first language in the world. Sumerian was gradually replaced by Akkadian as a spoken language around 2000 BC, but it continued to be used as a literary, ceremonial, scientific and sacred language until the 1st century AD.
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Is Latin a dead language?

Similar to Sanskrit or Ancient Greek, Latin does not have native speakers, which qualifies it as a “Dead Language”. However, Latin had such an overwhelming prevalence in European and Western science, medicine, and literature, it may never be classified as an “Extinct Language”.
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Which countries have 2 official languages?

Belarus has two official languages: Belarusian and Russian.
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Which country has 3 official language?

Belgium has three official languages: Dutch, French and German.
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Who speak the most languages?

Ziad Fazah, born in Liberia, brought up in Beirut and now living in Brazil, claims to be the world's greatest living polyglot, speaking a total of 59 world languages. He has been 'tested' on Spanish television, where it was not clear just how well he could communicate in some of them.
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How many dead languages are there?

Currently, there are 573 known extinct languages. These are languages that are no longer spoken or studied. Many were local dialects with no records of their alphabet or wording, and so are forever lost. Others were major languages of their time, but society and changing cultures left them behind.
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What language should I learn?

For languages spoken in the USA, you should learn English and/or Spanish. For languages spoken in Europe, English is widely spoken in Western Europe in addition to French and German. In Eastern Europe, try Russian or try learning Slavic languages.
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What is the least spoken language in Asia?

Mongolian. Mongolian is spoken by approximately 2,000,000 people. It is the official language of Mongolia and is also used by some of its surrounding areas. Although it is considered one of the least spoken languages in the world, it is still a significant Asian language.
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What language is closest to English?

The closest language to English is one called Frisian, which is a Germanic language spoken by a small population of about 480,000 people. There are three separate dialects of the language, and it's only spoken at the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
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Which language is easy in India?

Overall Bengali has the easiest grammar – no genders for inanimate objects (like tree, hand, clock etc) and consistent verb conjugations and a vocabulary very similar to that of Hindi. For a person with no prior knowledge of any Indian language Bengali would be at the top of this list.
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Who created the first language?

Some scholars assume the development of primitive language-like systems (proto-language) as early as Homo habilis, while others place the development of symbolic communication only with Homo erectus (1.8 million years ago) or with Homo heidelbergensis (0.6 million years ago) and the development of language proper with ...
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